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Brisbane Queensland [4]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auchnamullen Parish, Co. Monaghan, Ulster [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Byron Bay, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Cookstown, Co. Tyrone [1]

County Clare [1]

Digby, Nova Scotia [1]

Edgar, Simcoe County, Ontario [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire [1]

Folkestone [1]

Formby, Lancashire [1]

Hampshire [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Islington, London [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Kildress, County Tyrone [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Liverpool [1]

Maidstone England [1]

Mareeba, Queensland [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Petersham New South Wales [1]

Pirron Yallock [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rockhampton, Queensland [1]

Roebuck Hall, Dundrum, Dublin [1]

Sheffield England [1]

South Woodford, Essex [1]

Southport Queensland [1]

Stafford [1]

Sunderland [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Wittington, Lancashire [1]

Yokohama [1]

Rank

Private [229]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Captain [20]

Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [16]

Corporal [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Serjeant [12]

Major [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Sergeant [5]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Cadet [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Attested as Private [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Corporal Smith [1]

Driver [1]

Guard [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorable Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Defence Corps 9th Battalion [29]

Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion [28]

9th Battalion South Wales Borderers [18]

9th Battalion [17]

9th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [16]

King's Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion [12]

9th Battalion West Riding Regiment [11]

9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers 9th Battalion [9]

9th Battalion, Australian Infantry [8]

9th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [7]

9th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [7]

9th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

9th Battalion Royal Scots [5]

9th Officer Cadet Battalion [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

9th Tank Battalion [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

25th Battalion [3]

9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Labour Corps 9th Russian Labour Battalion [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

9th Battalion Canadian Infantry [2]

9th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

9th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

9th Battalion Royal Highlanders [2]

9th Mussoorie Battalion Indian Defence Force [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Australian 9th Battalion [2]

Cameron Highlanders 9th Battalion [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1/9th Battalion Highlanders The Royal Scots [1]

1/9th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

1/9th Battalion The Royal Scots [1]

11th Depot Battalion, Enoggera [1]

13th Machine Gun Company [1]

Service

British Army [318]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [94]

C [63]

G [47]

A [30]

F [26]

D [21]

H [14]

M [10]

E [8]

T [7]

S [6]

P [5]

R [4]

K [3]

W [3]

J [2]

N [2]

Contribution

Military Service [344]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Brisbane Queensland [4] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auchnamullen Parish, Co. Monaghan, Ulster [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead [1] Byron Bay, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Colac Victoria [1] Cookstown, Co. Tyrone [1] County Clare [1] Digby, Nova Scotia [1] Edgar, Simcoe County, Ontario [1] Farnworth, Lancashire [1] Folkestone [1] Formby, Lancashire [1] Hampshire [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Islington, London [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Kildress, County Tyrone [1] Lancashire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Liverpool [1] Maidstone England [1] Mareeba, Queensland [1] Marylebone, London [1] Petersham New South Wales [1] Pirron Yallock [1] Portsmouth [1] Rockhampton, Queensland [1] Roebuck Hall, Dundrum, Dublin [1] Sheffield England [1] South Woodford, Essex [1] Southport Queensland [1] Stafford [1] Sunderland [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] Wagga Wagga, New South Wales [1] Westminster, London [1] Wittington, Lancashire [1] Yokohama [1]

Rank

Private [229] Second Lieutenant [46] Captain [20] Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [16] Corporal [14] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Serjeant [12] Major [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Sergeant [5] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Captain [2] Cadet [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Attested as Private [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Corporal Smith [1] Driver [1] Guard [1] Gunner [1] Honorable Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Officer Cadet [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Defence Corps 9th Battalion [29] Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion [28] 9th Battalion South Wales Borderers [18] 9th Battalion [17] 9th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [16] King's Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion [14] York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion [12] 9th Battalion West Riding Regiment [11] 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers 9th Battalion [9] 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry [8] 9th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [7] 9th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [7] 9th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] 9th Battalion Royal Scots [5] 9th Officer Cadet Battalion [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] 9th Tank Battalion [4] Manchester Regiment [4] 25th Battalion [3] 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [3] 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Labour Corps 9th Russian Labour Battalion [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 9th Battalion Canadian Infantry [2] 9th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] 9th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] 9th Battalion Royal Highlanders [2] 9th Mussoorie Battalion Indian Defence Force [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Australian 9th Battalion [2] Cameron Highlanders 9th Battalion [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Shropshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1/9th Battalion Highlanders The Royal Scots [1] 1/9th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1/9th Battalion The Royal Scots [1] 11th Depot Battalion, Enoggera [1] 13th Machine Gun Company [1]

Service

British Army [318] Australian Imperial Force [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [94] C [63] G [47] A [30] F [26] D [21] H [14] M [10] E [8] T [7] S [6] P [5] R [4] K [3] W [3] J [2] N [2]

Contribution

Military Service [344]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Ernest Alexander Swayn

Born 1893

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 2868A Private 25th Battalion 6th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 2868A Private 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2868A Lance Corporal 9th Battalion

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James Mckeown

Born 1892

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 2787 Private 25th Battalion 6th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 2787 Private 9th Battalion

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Ernest Swayn

Born 1896

Died 1987

Australian Imperial Force 6097 Private 9th Depot Battalion Geelong

Australian Imperial Force 6097 Private 14th Battalion 19th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6097 Private 14th Battalion

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Guy Victor Turnbull

Born 1898

Died 1986

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1258000

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9th Canadian Overseas Battalion 12th Seige Battery

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Arthur John Cunningham

Born 1898

Died 1923

British Army 24171 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Battalion

British Army Private Royal Irish Fusiliers, 9th Battalion

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Joseph Henry Turnbull

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3945 Private 9th Battalion

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Boyd Burnett Geake

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Reginald Claxton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16666 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 9th Battalion

British Army Private

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William John Hughes

Born 1900

Died 1944

Australian Imperial Force 762C Private 11th Depot Battalion, Enoggera

Australian Imperial Force 762C Private 49th Battalion 10th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 762C Private Machine Gun Depot, Seymour Machine Gun Reinforcements

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Bertram Nicholls

Australian Imperial Force 515 Private 9th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 9th Infantry Battalion

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David Laughlin Aitchison

Born 1894

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6883 Private 9th Battalion

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Jack Trethewey

Born 1889

Australian Imperial Force 4558 Private 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4558 Private 18 D Battalion A Coy

Australian Imperial Force 5870 Private 26 Battalion 11th Reinforcements

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George Campbell Wheeler

Born 1880

Died 1938

Indian Army Major 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles

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Joseph Reginald Brearley

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Lieutenant 9th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 4423 Private Manchester Regiment 3/9 Battalion

British Army 4423 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 8th Reserve Battalion

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Faithful Sidney Evans

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army Captain 9th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Major 9th Battalion Liverpool Regiment

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James Nathaniel Mckenzie

Born 1879

Died 1923

Australian Imperial Force 6549 Private Show Ground Depot, Dubbo

Australian Imperial Force 6549 Private 2nd Battalion 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6549 Private 2nd Battalion

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John Dolby

Born 1879

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6243 Private 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Hugh Addison

Born 1897

Died 1953

Canadian Expeditionary Force 853716 Sapper 9th CE Battalion

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Daniel Robert Martin

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6502 Private 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Walter Byron James Pattison

Born 1888

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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